Microbes might be invisible, but their teeming masses influence everything from agriculture to the environment to the food we eat. That’s why experience working with microbes has become a must for countless industries.

During her summer break, Delaina Sigman was handed a protractor, a pencil, a sheet of paper, and a compass. Then she was told to navigate her way through the wilderness. This was just the beginning of Cadet Summer Training, an experience Sigman participated in as a student in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s ROTC program.

Thaddeus Bergschneider, an undergraduate student in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the

The financial planning program in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at

Ashley Equíhua, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior majoring in nutrition and health

For Elizabeth Olson, ACES associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI is much more than a trend or a catchphrase; it means sustained, intentional, data-driven work that appreciably benefits all ACES students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners. 

With the highest enrollment in 50 years, demand continues to grow for academic programs throughout the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the 

When Danika Ford learned about the environmental impacts of fast fashion in high school, she started looking for college programs combining traditional environmental science with social science to understand how human motivations, behaviors, and policies affect environmental problems and solutions.